I am an unusual person inasmuch as I took notes during the State of the Union address. Now, before I go on, I dont have a lot to say about the President's foreign policies as of late. There is a lot of information to digest and Im afraid I'll have to ponder what he had to say about that for a little while.

However, as for the President's approach to domestic policy, I have a few bones to pick with Dubbya.

1) The promise for "permanent" income tax reductions. This is a bald faced lie. Even if a reduction is made in the income taxes of all Americans, they will inevitably rise again sometime in the future (i.e. when the next Democratic President comes along). Hardly permanent.

2) The cessation of dividend taxation. Who really benefits from this? Answer: The wealthy. Since most of us arent lucky enough to enjoy this new taxation policy, its rather meaningless in a nation "ruled by the majority."

3) The President gave praise to medical scientists for their contributions to the "pace of medical discovery" to treat illnesses. This coming from the same President who refuses to support stem-cell research for the purposes of medical advancement.

4) About ten minutes of the State of the Union was devoted toward insuring his re-election. During this ten minutes he essentially stole a potential Democratic platform by pirating such Democratic issues as Environmentalism and Health Care Reform. Oh, and while Im speaking about Environmentalism, what was with that hair-brained proposal for Hydrogen-fueld vehicles? Last I checked both Dubbya and Cheney were waist-deep in oil revenues.

5) "Children going through prison gates just to give a hug to thier mom or dad." This quote really got me. How many, I ask, of these parents are victims of the war on drugs, which has produced spectacularly corrupt situations in Dubbya's homestate, Texas?

6) $600 million dollars spread over three years to give aid to 300 thousand drug addicts. A little math shows this equals $66 per person per year--yeah, like that'll really help.

7) Security in Israel and a democratic Palestine. (I said I was going to ignore foreign policy, but I just can't here.) Why the hell would he address a nation of people he has turned his back on (the Palestinians) since the day he got into office?

8) Only 50,000 African AIDS patients receive treatment partially because of Dubbya's renegging on promised aid back in 2001.....so everything Dubbya had to say about AIDS in Africa is pretty much bald hypocrisy.

9) Dubbya TOTALLY glossed over AIDS prevention (because his preferred method of AIDS prevention is scientifically shown to be absolutely ineffective) and moved on to AIDS treatment.......considering Dubbya's record with compassion for AIDS patients, are we REALLY to believe what he has to say about these things?

10) Last but not least, the totally ill-conceived and unworkable designs for an anti-ballistic missile sheild over the US. No country save Russia and China can deliver a warhead to the US via ballistic missile. Neither Russia nor China would EVER consider committing such a blunder when so much is at stake. Put simply, its not to their advantage. By far and large the MOST likely way the US will be attacked with any WMD is through a suitcase slipped past the border and detonated in a large metropolitan area. Why not take the funds committed toward a far-fetched missile shield and apply them instead to border security? Every little bit helps and more border security will only make us all safer.

Oh yeah, no mention of Bin Laden.....why not?

Thats it for now. Remember, if you know nothing else, know this: Dubbya is an idiot.

Thanks for reading.